Hamlet

Prince of
Denmark
Author: William Shakespeare
Retold by: Kathy Mc Evoy
Illustrator: Penko Gelev

I like this story because this is Novel of William

Shakespeare who wrote amazing novels.
Characters:

The Ghost of old Hamlet: late king of

Denmark and Prince Hamlets father, Hamlet:
Prince of Denmark, Claudius: new king of
Denmark, Gertrude: queen of Denmark and
Hamlets mother, Horatio: Hamlets friend,
Polonius: a courtier, Ophelia: Poloniuss

daughter, Laertes: Poloniuss son, Rosencrantz

& Guildenstern: friends of Hamlet from
childhood and a gravedigger.
Outline of Story:

At midnight the soldiers saw the

ghost of recently died king Hamlet. Horatio
came to investigate this matter. He told this to
young prince Hamlet. Old Hamlets brother
Claudius married Gertrude, mother of prince
Hamlet. Hamlet was angry and wanted to
return to his university but Gertrude begged
and he agreed to stay. Hamlet met the ghost
and he told Hamlet that Claudius killed him by
a poison to take his fathers throne. Hamlet
told the soldiers to keep it a secret. Ophelia
told about Hamlets strange behaviour to her
father,
Polonius. They told this to king and queen &
the king Rosencrantz & Guildenstern to find
out that whats wrong with Hamlet.

To find out more about this book, please refer

this book.
Ahad Aziz

VI B